Book Outline

Here's a more detailed outline of what i wanna write. Do give comments! =

Objectives of Each Chapter (What do I want to tell people?)

1. Your Dreams
a. Help people understand that God made everyone with a destiny for their lives
b. Our dreams are our God-given call; it’s not a feel good thing, but a question of obedience that we follow
c. That dreams are the only journey you will really take; the rest are just detours

2. The God who believes in you
a. God wants to be involved in you achieving your dreams
b. He wants the best for your life; he wants you to have abundant life
c. He knows what you are capable of; He sees your potential
d. That whatever you truly desire, God wants to give it to you

3. The Holy Spirit who guides you
a. The Holy Spirit is our partner in life
b. He is the one that can give us our true dreams
c. We need to fellowship and listen to the Holy Spirit for our call

4. The Culture of this World
a. That there is a lot of noise in this world
b. These is intense pressure to conform
c. The culture of any place is the strongest hindrance to our call

5. Entering into True Desire
a. Desire is the Christian way of living
b. The danger of Pharsical Christianity
c. Addictions are caused by our hearts not recognizing true desire
d. It’s only when we are close to God will we understand what we truly want

6. Your Time of Solitude
a. You need to be alone with God to discover your call
b. Your time of solitude helps you find clarity in your vision
c. You need to take solitude breaks once in a while

7. The Fellowships of the heart
a. You need intimate allies to go with you on this journey
b. You need friends to know you deep and friends who can fight for you
c. You cannot achieve your dreams alone

8. Keeping Heart till the End
a. We need to preserve till the very end
b. We will meet obstacles, distractions along the way
c. We must discipline ourselves to ‘set our face like a flint’

9. At the Very End
a. When we stand before God, our rewards will be based on what we did in accordance to God’s call
b. We must be fruitful for the right things, because at the end, 80% of the things we do may be counted for nothing.

I wanna write a book.

I've been wanting to start writing a Christian book about following your heart and seeking God for our call in life.

I've come up with some chapters which I can start with; I noticed I write alot about similar topics, so I might as well go write a book about it.

I seem to be called to writing somehow; considering the no. of things I do that concern writing.

1. Blog
2. Uni-Y Newsletters
3. website http://www.leadership-with-you.com

and I think alot.

Did I mention one of my goals was to write a Christian book by 30? Maybe I'll do by this year! =)

But book projects; at least good ones take really long. But I shall stop trying to be perfect and start anyway.

I wrote out a possible chapters for the books:
1. Your dreams
2. The God who believes in you
3. The Holy Spirit that guides you
4. The culture of this world
5. Entering into true desire
6. Your time of solitude
7. The fellowships of the heart
8. Keeping heart till the end
9. At the very end (when we stand before God)

9 chapters. =) Let's go!

Life as it was meant to be.

And we're so far from it.

I hate it when I miss my prayer time in the morning/night.

Every so often in SMU, I walk up to a person and want to talk to the person; but pretty often its:" Sorry, I've gotta go do something" or "I've got some work to do."

We miss that vital connection that all of us long for. The only thing we can say about our lives is "busy."

We're busy.

We're so far from what life was meant to be. A life defined by rich, deep, meaningful relationships.

But one day, we will know each other as it had always meant to be. Our yearning to be known will be met.

The biggest battle of all.

The most monumental battle looms in the distance.

Above all the battles men have fought; crossing the North Altantic, scaling Mount Everest, charging the beaches of Normandy, there's one above all of them.

I must die. Death isn't an option.

The more I hold on to the fear, the more I will fail.

There is a time in every man's life that this battle comes along; we can choose to preserve ourselves, or have our lives spilled out in spectacular sacrifice.

Many choose the easy way, by not fighting this battle, to preserve themselves, that they never have to face the deepest question of their heart : Do I have what it takes?

Yet, I don't want the easy way. God help me. I want to die to myself.

I want to die that I may live.

God help me to fight this one; above all the battles I fought, this is the biggest one ever. And it might stay the biggest one ever.